Maybe someone here can help me. I want to go with a single front chainring on an old MTB.
I am looking for a cheap (square taper?) chainset that will take one ring, and line up nicely with a 8 speed cassette. If the chainset is a double, I'd like to use the outer position (for aesthetic reasons), but also not have a crappy chainline for the top end of the cassette. I don't really want to use the existing triple chainset. What are my options?
That combo would make the cranks hit the chainstays. Even 113mm which is standard for vintage 105 leaves only a few mm between cranks and chainstays on MTBs.
Maybe someone here can help me. I want to go with a single front chainring on an old MTB.
I am looking for a cheap (square taper?) chainset that will take one ring, and line up nicely with a 8 speed cassette. If the chainset is a double, I'd like to use the outer position (for aesthetic reasons), but also not have a crappy chainline for the top end of the cassette. I don't really want to use the existing triple chainset. What are my options?